MARQGLEN GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC203026 · ltd · incorporated 2000-01-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£46.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -77% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £46,194
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,957 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 77% YoY
Cash YoY
-77%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 77% YoY
Net Worth
£46k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 71% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£25k£37k£50k£62kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-272023-09-27
Total assets£46.2k£62.2k
Current assets£4.9k£17.1k
Cash£2.4k£10.3k
Debtors£2.5k£6.8k
Net assets£46.2k£62.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-09-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-08-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-05
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2020-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2000-04-17
    ➕
    BALLINGALL, Anne Jean appointed
    secretary
  17. 2000-04-17
    ➕
    BALLINGALL, Anne Jean appointed
    director
  18. 2000-04-17
    ➕
    GRAINGER, June Ferguson appointed
    director
  19. 2000-04-17
    ➕
    GRAINGER, Laurence Douglas appointed
    director
  20. 2000-01-20
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-01-20
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2000-01-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MARQGLEN GROUP LIMITED
  23. 2000-01-17
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-01-17
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Laurence Douglas Grainger
Individual · British · DOB 02/1943 · age 83
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-01-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Bank Chambers
31 The Square
Cumnock
KA18 1AT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last made up to: 2024-09-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BALLINGALL, Anne Jean→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALLINGALL, Anne Jean→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAINGER, June Ferguson→
director · ~82y · appointed 2000-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAINGER, Laurence Douglas→
director · ~83y · appointed 2000-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-01-17 · resigned 2000-01-20
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-01-17 · resigned 2000-01-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05